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Orange & Alexandria Railroad Bridge over Bull Run (ca. 1863) The O&A was strategically important during the Civil War (1861–1865) and was repeatedly fought over and wrecked. In connection with the Virginia Central, it was the only rail link between the belligerents' capitals at Washington and Richmond.
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Bridge Piers, in Bull Run between Fairfax and Prince William counties; Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge, crossing Hooff's Run in Alexandria; Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, crossing the James River in Richmond; Valley Railroad Bridge, crossing the Gish Branch at Salem
With the coming of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1854, the settlement was renamed Rapid Ann Station, reflecting the customary name of the river (a fast-moving stream named for Princess Ann). In January 1854, the railroad reached the Rapidan River and a station was established. A post office was opened at "Rapid Ann Station".
Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF , the national state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight services on the national network managed by its subsidiary SNCF Réseau .
The Industrial Revolution in France, 1815–1848 (1955). pp 49–84, a scholarly history; Hadley, Arthur Twining. Railroad transportation: Its history and its laws (1885) pp 187–202 online; Landes, David. The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present (Cambridge, 1972) online
Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad: SOU: 1847 1853 Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad: Alexandria and Washington Railroad: RF&P: 1854 1887 Alexandria and Washington Railway: Alexandria and Washington Railway: RF&P: 1887 1890 Washington Southern Railway: Appomattox Railroad: N&W: 1847 1854 Southside Railroad: Atlantic Coast Line ...
On the evening of August 26, after passing around Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's right flank via Thoroughfare Gap, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the army struck the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Bristoe Station and before daybreak August 27 marched to capture and destroy the massive Union supply depot at Manassas ...
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge is a bridge in Alexandria, in the U.S. state of Virginia. [ 3 ] Built by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad , the bridge was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2003.